Class, off the train and got to tell you.

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1. People who always look stylish and elegant because they carefully match their jewellery to the rest of their outfit.

2. At 9pm there are still some families sitting in the park. Most of the fathers are wearing shorts and T-shirts, except one who is in smart casual and carrying a briefcase - he must have come straight from work.

3. PaulV waking me up with a phone call at midnight because he wants to tell me that his archnemesis is about to be dumped but doesn't know it yet.

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